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A sketch by local Coventry artist Paul Chokran of protestors with placards and megaphones. The placards say: protect the vulnerable, care not cuts, say no to cuts and take action now.

16 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: How we fought local budget cuts to voluntary sector support… and won
A cup of coffee in a blue china mug sits on a wooden serving board on a restaurant table next to a slice of cake and a heart-shaped cookie.

15 October 2025

Advocacy Awareness Week: From housing and health issues to hope – Lilly’s story
View over a wooden slatted bridge with metal rails either side. At the end is a red lifebuoy and a path leading away into the trees.

6 October 2025

Grapevine at 30: Building solidarity across divides
A mixed race disabled man called Rishard smiles as he hold a piece of paper with the number 10 written on it on a canal towpath.

30 September 2025

Rishard’s Rugby to Coventry Walk—raising awareness of health inequalities he and other people with learning disabilities face
Stock photo by Linus Nyland on Unsplash shows two ripples on calm water and one splash.

1 May 2025

Grapevine at 30: The Power of the Ordinary
A yellow cartoon strip themed illustration featuring a megaphone, bright flashes and bubble text, reading: "Breaking news. Council cuts will not go ahead! grapevinecovandwarks.org"

17 February 2025

Grapevine thrilled that proposed council cuts to our service for people with learning disabilities will not go ahead
Bold black text next to an illustration of a hand holding a megaphone says 'Help stop council cuts for people with learning disabilities!' It is raising awareness of the public budget consultation survey for 2025/26 that is running in Coventry until 28 January.

13 January 2025

Help to stop council cuts for people with learning disabilities in Coventry
Four white males pose for a photo in a colourfully lit bowling alley in front of the Teenvine Plus promotional pull up banner. Three are adults and one is a teenager in casual clothes.

30 October 2024

Teens with special educational needs and disabilities receive help and support thanks to Warwickshire Freemasons
A white woman with dark blonde hair and blue eyes smiles as she holds a bunch of flowers in front of some trees in the sunshine. She is Holly Thurgood from Grapevine.

3 October 2024

Meet Holly – new connector strengthening autistic and learning disabled Coventry people

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